School Chooser

Schools with social, emotional and mental health provision in England

For pupils whose anxiety, behaviour or mental health gets in the way of learning; smaller groups and therapeutic support. Enter a postcode for the nearest schools, or pick a council below.

By council

Councils with at least one school for this need, most first. The figures are mainstream schools with a unit or resourced provision, then special schools.

Hampshire17 mainstream · 9 specialLancashire4 mainstream · 18 specialNorfolk15 mainstream · 7 specialWirral13 mainstream · 4 specialStaffordshire5 mainstream · 11 specialManchester10 mainstream · 5 specialNorth Yorkshire9 mainstream · 5 specialCornwall11 mainstream · 2 specialWarwickshire10 mainstream · 3 specialDerby8 mainstream · 4 specialDerbyshire5 mainstream · 7 specialDevon8 mainstream · 4 specialDudley6 mainstream · 6 specialKent2 mainstream · 10 specialOxfordshire6 mainstream · 6 specialWiltshire10 mainstream · 2 specialBradford11 mainstream · 0 specialGloucestershire2 mainstream · 8 specialHertfordshire3 mainstream · 7 specialLambeth9 mainstream · 1 specialNorthumberland4 mainstream · 6 specialNottinghamshire4 mainstream · 6 specialCheshire West and Chester4 mainstream · 5 specialEssex6 mainstream · 3 specialLeicestershire7 mainstream · 2 specialLiverpool3 mainstream · 6 specialSalford6 mainstream · 3 specialShropshire8 mainstream · 1 specialSouth Tyneside6 mainstream · 3 specialWarrington6 mainstream · 3 specialCambridgeshire4 mainstream · 4 specialMedway5 mainstream · 3 specialSheffield5 mainstream · 3 specialSlough7 mainstream · 1 specialSouthampton3 mainstream · 5 specialTrafford5 mainstream · 3 specialWolverhampton5 mainstream · 3 specialCounty Durham4 mainstream · 3 specialEast Riding of Yorkshire5 mainstream · 2 specialLeeds3 mainstream · 4 specialSefton4 mainstream · 3 specialStockton-on-Tees6 mainstream · 1 specialWest Sussex2 mainstream · 5 specialBarking and Dagenham5 mainstream · 1 specialBournemouth, Christchurch and Poole2 mainstream · 4 specialBristol, City of2 mainstream · 4 specialBuckinghamshire5 mainstream · 1 specialBury3 mainstream · 3 specialCheshire East5 mainstream · 1 specialDorset5 mainstream · 1 specialEaling4 mainstream · 2 specialHalton6 mainstream · 0 specialKingston upon Hull, City of4 mainstream · 2 specialLincolnshire1 mainstream · 5 specialLuton3 mainstream · 3 specialNorth Northamptonshire5 mainstream · 1 specialSomerset6 mainstream · 0 specialStockport4 mainstream · 2 specialStoke-on-Trent3 mainstream · 3 specialSuffolk2 mainstream · 4 specialSurrey3 mainstream · 3 specialWalsall2 mainstream · 4 specialWest Northamptonshire4 mainstream · 2 specialWigan3 mainstream · 3 specialBirmingham1 mainstream · 4 specialCalderdale2 mainstream · 3 specialCentral Bedfordshire3 mainstream · 2 specialDoncaster4 mainstream · 1 specialEast Sussex1 mainstream · 4 specialHammersmith and Fulham3 mainstream · 2 specialLeicester1 mainstream · 4 specialNewcastle upon Tyne2 mainstream · 3 specialNewham3 mainstream · 2 specialSandwell3 mainstream · 2 specialSwindon4 mainstream · 1 specialThurrock5 mainstream · 0 specialWandsworth4 mainstream · 1 specialBarnsley3 mainstream · 1 specialBexley2 mainstream · 2 specialBolton3 mainstream · 1 specialBromley3 mainstream · 1 specialCamden3 mainstream · 1 specialCoventry1 mainstream · 3 specialCumberland4 mainstream · 0 specialGateshead2 mainstream · 2 specialHackney4 mainstream · 0 specialHaringey2 mainstream · 2 specialIsle of Wight2 mainstream · 2 specialKingston upon Thames4 mainstream · 0 specialKirklees2 mainstream · 2 specialLewisham2 mainstream · 2 specialMiddlesbrough2 mainstream · 2 specialRotherham2 mainstream · 2 specialTelford and Wrekin4 mainstream · 0 specialWestmorland and Furness3 mainstream · 1 specialBedford2 mainstream · 1 specialBlackpool3 mainstream · 0 specialHavering1 mainstream · 2 specialKensington and Chelsea3 mainstream · 0 specialMilton Keynes1 mainstream · 2 specialNorth East Lincolnshire3 mainstream · 0 specialNorth Tyneside1 mainstream · 2 specialPeterborough0 mainstream · 3 specialPlymouth1 mainstream · 2 specialReading2 mainstream · 1 specialRichmond upon Thames3 mainstream · 0 specialSolihull2 mainstream · 1 specialSouthend-on-Sea1 mainstream · 2 specialSouthwark0 mainstream · 3 specialSt. Helens1 mainstream · 2 specialSutton1 mainstream · 2 specialTorbay1 mainstream · 2 specialTower Hamlets0 mainstream · 3 specialWakefield2 mainstream · 1 specialWaltham Forest2 mainstream · 1 specialYork1 mainstream · 2 specialBarnet1 mainstream · 1 specialBath and North East Somerset2 mainstream · 0 specialBrighton and Hove1 mainstream · 1 specialDarlington1 mainstream · 1 specialGreenwich0 mainstream · 2 specialHarrow1 mainstream · 1 specialHerefordshire, County of2 mainstream · 0 specialKnowsley0 mainstream · 2 specialMerton0 mainstream · 2 specialNorth Lincolnshire1 mainstream · 1 specialNottingham1 mainstream · 1 specialOldham0 mainstream · 2 specialPortsmouth1 mainstream · 1 specialRedbridge1 mainstream · 1 specialRochdale0 mainstream · 2 specialSunderland1 mainstream · 1 specialTameside2 mainstream · 0 specialWest Berkshire1 mainstream · 1 specialWestminster2 mainstream · 0 specialWokingham0 mainstream · 2 specialBlackburn with Darwen1 mainstream · 0 specialBracknell Forest0 mainstream · 1 specialBrent1 mainstream · 0 specialCarmarthenshire1 mainstream · 0 specialCroydon1 mainstream · 0 specialEnfield0 mainstream · 1 specialHartlepool1 mainstream · 0 specialHillingdon0 mainstream · 1 specialHounslow0 mainstream · 1 specialNorth Somerset1 mainstream · 0 specialRedcar and Cleveland1 mainstream · 0 specialSouth Gloucestershire0 mainstream · 1 specialWindsor and Maidenhead0 mainstream · 1 specialWorcestershire1 mainstream · 0 special

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How to read this

The list comes from the Department for Education's register of schools (Get Information about Schools), which records the type of SEN provision each school has and how many pupils are in a resourced provision or SEN unit. Resourced provision means extra staff and funding for a group of pupils who spend most of their time in ordinary classes. A SEN unit is a separate class within the school. Both need a place agreed by the council through an education, health and care plan; ask the council's SEND team, not the school's admissions office. The register is only as good as what schools report, so check with the school before relying on it.